  Corazon Aquino
"As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it."
Corazon Cojuangco
Aquino was born in Tarlac on January 25, 1933 to Don Jose Cojuangco and
Doña Demetria Sumulong. After her husband Ninoy's assassination, Cory
declared her candidacy for president against President Marcos in the
1986 elections. She and her followers challenged the fraudulent election
result declaring Marcos as the winner. This led to the defection of
military forces led by Defense Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile and General
Fidel Ramos. Manila's Jaime Cardinal Sin called on the people for
support that eventually forced Marcos to flee the country and came to be
known as the EDSA Revolution. She sat as president under the Freedom
Constitution, a temporary measure until a new constitution could be
written. In 1987, a new constitution was approved.
Her presidency
saw unsuccessful coups instigated by disgruntled military officers. Her
greatest legacy to the Filipinos was the restoration of democracy. In
the 1992 Presidential Elections, she supported Ramos, who was her
Defense Secretary. She married Benigno Aguino Jr., who was assassinated
during the Marcos regime and has five children - Maria Elena, Aurora
Corazon, Victoria Eliza, Benigno III, and Kris. She died of
cardio-respiratory arrest on August 1, 2009. |
  President Corazon Aquino Born: January 25, 1933
Died: August 1, 2009
2nd President of the Fourth Republic of the Philippines
First President of the Fifth Republic of the Philippines
(Term: February 25, 1986 - June 30, 1992)
Vice President: Salvador Laurel |
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